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{{Infobox Movie | {{Infobox Movie | ||
|name = Colonia | |name = ''Colonia'' | ||
|picture = Colonia.jpg | |picture = Colonia.jpg | ||
|caption = ''German Movie Poster'' | |caption = ''German Movie Poster'' | ||
|country = | |country =[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] Germany<br>[[Image:LUX.jpg|25px]] Luxembourg<br>[[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] United Kingdom<br>[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | ||
[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] Germany<br | |||
[[Image:LUX.jpg|25px]] Luxembourg<br | |||
[[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] United Kingdom<br | |||
[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | |||
|director = Florian Gallenberger | |director = Florian Gallenberger | ||
|date= September 13, 2015 | |date=September 13, 2015 | ||
|language = English<br | |language =English<br>Spanish | ||
| | |studio=Majestic Filmproduktion | ||
|distributor = Signature Entertainment | |distributor=Signature Entertainment | ||
|character1=Daniel | |character1=Daniel | ||
|actor1=[[Daniel Brühl]] | |||
|character2=Lena | |character2=Lena | ||
|actor2=[[Emma Watson]] | |||
|character3=Paul Schäfer | |character3=Paul Schäfer | ||
|actor3=[[Michael Nyqvist]] | |actor3=[[Michael Nyqvist]] | ||
|actor4= | |character4=Ursel | ||
| | |actor4=Vicky Krieps | ||
|character5=German Ambassador | |||
|actor5=August Zirner | |||
|character6=Niels Biedermann | |||
|actor6=[[Martin Wuttke]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Colonia''''', also known as '''''The Colony''''', is a 2015 movie directed by Florian Gallenberger (''[[John Rabe]]''). In the midst of the Chilean military coup of 1973, Lena | '''''Colonia''''', also known as '''''The Colony''''', is a 2015 movie directed by Florian Gallenberger (''[[John Rabe]]'') starring [[Emma Watson]] and [[Daniel Brühl]]. The film was produced by Benjamin Herrmann and tells a fictional story against the backdrop of the real Colonia Dignidad, a settlement founded in 1961 in southern Chile by a German sect that hit the headlines in 1973 in the wake of Augusto Pinochet's military coup due to human rights violations. In the midst of the Chilean military coup of 1973, Lena visits her friend Daniel, an activist, in Chile. Shortly after, he is kidnapped and taken to Colonia Dignidad, a settlement area of the eponymous sect. Lena infiltrates herself and wants to free Daniel. The sect is cut off from the outside world and strictly segregated by gender. She hardly has a chance to see Daniel or talk to him. Under the leadership of religious leader Paul Schäfer, the followers have to endure the hardest work and humiliation. While Daniel is documenting the events on the ground, Lena is trying to find a way to escape. | ||
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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
==Unknown Pistol== | ==Unknown Pistol== | ||
A Chilean soldier is seen with an unknown pistol to execute a Union leader. | A Chilean soldier is seen with an unknown pistol to execute a Union leader, possibly from the Argentine Armory like most weapons in the movie. | ||
[[File:Colonia-Pistol1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Pistol | [[File:Colonia-Pistol1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Pistol seen the right corner of the screencap.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Pistol2.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[File:Colonia-Pistol2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier executes the socialist.]] | ||
=Submachine Guns= | =Submachine Guns= | ||
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==M3A1 "Grease Gun"== | ==M3A1 "Grease Gun"== | ||
Some Chilean troops are armed with [[M3A1 "Grease Gun"]]s. | Some Chilean troops are armed with [[M3A1 "Grease Gun"]]s. | ||
[[ | [[File:Grease3 2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M3A1 "Grease Gun" - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Grease1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the left holds a "Grease Gun" | [[File:Colonia-Grease1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the left holds a "Grease Gun" while Daniel ([[Daniel Brühl]]) is surrounded.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Grease2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers arrest Daniel, the right one | [[File:Colonia-Grease2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers arrest Daniel, the right one carries an M3A1.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Grease3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The SMG on the left.]] | [[File:Colonia-Grease3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The SMG on the left when Lena ([[Emma Watson]]) is released from prison.]] | ||
== | ==Halcón Modelo 57== | ||
A few Chilean soldiers can be seen with [[Halcon Submachine Guns Series|Halcón M-57]] submachine guns. Unlike the M3A1 "Grease Gun", the Halcón is only seen in one scene in the background. | |||
[[File:Colonia-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[File:Halcon M1949 Folding Stock.jpg|thumb|400px|none|For comparison: Halcón Modelo 1949EA - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier to the far left in the background holds the Halcón (See [[Talk:Colonia|Talk page]] for Promotional Pictures).]] | |||
=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
==FN FAL== | ==FN FAL== | ||
Various types of [[FN FAL]] rifles are the most used weapons by the Chilean Army. In 1973, the primary battle rifle of the Chilean Army was the Swiss [[SIG SG 510]]. | |||
[[ | [[File:FN FAL 50 00.jpg|thumb|none|450px|FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-FAL1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The | [[File:FN-FAL-50.61.jpg|thumb|none|450px|FN FAL 50.61 Paratrooper with 21" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-FAL2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chilean soldiers | [[File:Colonia-FAL1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close up of the muzzle while a soldier opens the prison gates.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-SMG3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The stock of the paratrooper variant is seen.]] | |||
[[File:Colonia-FAL2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chilean soldiers getting out of a Jeep armed with their FALs.]] | |||
[[File:Fn_fal_g_series.jpg|thumb|none|450px|FN FAL "G Series" - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | [[File:Fn_fal_g_series.jpg|thumb|none|450px|FN FAL "G Series" - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-FAL3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another Chilean with an FAL.]] | [[File:Colonia-FAL3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another Chilean with an FAL with wooden stock.]] | ||
== | ==Mauser Model 1909== | ||
[[ | [[1909 Argentine Mauser]] rifles are used by Chilean troops and Paul Schäfer's ([[Michael Nyqvist]]) men. In reality, Chilean soldiers used their own [[M1895 Chilean Mauser|M1895 Mauser]]s as their standard bolt action rifles during this time, alongside the semi-auto [[M1 Garand]]. | ||
[[ | [[File:Argentine1909Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Modelo 1909 - 7.65x53mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Mauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chilean on the left holds a Mauser rifle.]] | [[File:Colonia-Mauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chilean on the left holds a Mauser rifle in the streets of Santiago de Chile on September 11, 1973.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Mauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The receiver | [[File:Colonia-Mauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The receiver and straight bolt handle are seen on the right.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-MauserPromo.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Promotional Picture. The auxiliary bayonet lug can be seen.]] | [[File:Colonia-MauserPromo.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Promotional Picture. The auxiliary bayonet lug can be seen on the right one.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Mauser3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers standing guard.]] | [[File:Colonia-Mauser3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers standing guard in the Estadio Nacional de Chile stadium which is actually the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.]] | ||
== | ===M1909 Mountain=== | ||
Short-barreled Mauser rifles can be seen held by some soldiers. Due to the filming of this scene in Buenos Aires, they are most likely Argentine M1909 Mountain carbines standing in for Chilean Mauser 1935 carbines. | |||
[[File:Colonia-MauserRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the muzzle.]] | [[File:Colonia-MauserRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the muzzle.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-MauserPromo.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the left holds the rifle.]] | [[File:Colonia-MauserPromo.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the left holds the rifle.]] | ||
==Heckler & Koch G3A3== | ==Heckler & Koch G3A3== | ||
General Pinochet ( | General Pinochet (Marcelo Vilaro) fires a [[Heckler & Koch G3A3]] in the Colonia Dignidad camp. | ||
[[ | [[File:HKG3A3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Heckler & Koch G3A3 - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-HKG1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Pinochet shows the might of the rifle.]] | [[File:Colonia-HKG1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Pinochet shows the might of the rifle.]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-HKG2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Promotional Picture.]] | [[File:Colonia-HKG2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Promotional Picture of this scene.]] | ||
==M1 Carbine== | ==M1 Carbine== | ||
At least one sect member is armed with an [[M1 Carbine]]. | At least one sect member is armed with an [[M1 Carbine]]. | ||
[[File:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Korean War Era M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine]] | [[File:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Korean War Era M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-M1Carb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sect member seen in background left.]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
==Madsen | ==Madsen== | ||
A [[Madsen machine gun]] is briefly seen at the beginning of the coup. | A [[Madsen machine gun]] is briefly seen at the beginning of the coup. | ||
[[ | [[File:MadsenGun1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Portuguese Madsen - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:Colonia-Madsen.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Madsen manned by a soldier on a Jeep.]] | [[File:Colonia-Madsen.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Madsen manned by a soldier on a Jeep.]] | ||
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Colonia, also known as The Colony, is a 2015 movie directed by Florian Gallenberger (John Rabe) starring Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl. The film was produced by Benjamin Herrmann and tells a fictional story against the backdrop of the real Colonia Dignidad, a settlement founded in 1961 in southern Chile by a German sect that hit the headlines in 1973 in the wake of Augusto Pinochet's military coup due to human rights violations. In the midst of the Chilean military coup of 1973, Lena visits her friend Daniel, an activist, in Chile. Shortly after, he is kidnapped and taken to Colonia Dignidad, a settlement area of the eponymous sect. Lena infiltrates herself and wants to free Daniel. The sect is cut off from the outside world and strictly segregated by gender. She hardly has a chance to see Daniel or talk to him. Under the leadership of religious leader Paul Schäfer, the followers have to endure the hardest work and humiliation. While Daniel is documenting the events on the ground, Lena is trying to find a way to escape.
The following weapons were used in the film Colonia:
Handguns
Unknown Pistol
A Chilean soldier is seen with an unknown pistol to execute a Union leader, possibly from the Argentine Armory like most weapons in the movie.
Submachine Guns
M3A1 "Grease Gun"
Some Chilean troops are armed with M3A1 "Grease Gun"s.
Halcón Modelo 57
A few Chilean soldiers can be seen with Halcón M-57 submachine guns. Unlike the M3A1 "Grease Gun", the Halcón is only seen in one scene in the background.
Rifles
FN FAL
Various types of FN FAL rifles are the most used weapons by the Chilean Army. In 1973, the primary battle rifle of the Chilean Army was the Swiss SIG SG 510.
Mauser Model 1909
1909 Argentine Mauser rifles are used by Chilean troops and Paul Schäfer's (Michael Nyqvist) men. In reality, Chilean soldiers used their own M1895 Mausers as their standard bolt action rifles during this time, alongside the semi-auto M1 Garand.
M1909 Mountain
Short-barreled Mauser rifles can be seen held by some soldiers. Due to the filming of this scene in Buenos Aires, they are most likely Argentine M1909 Mountain carbines standing in for Chilean Mauser 1935 carbines.
Heckler & Koch G3A3
General Pinochet (Marcelo Vilaro) fires a Heckler & Koch G3A3 in the Colonia Dignidad camp.
M1 Carbine
At least one sect member is armed with an M1 Carbine.
Machine Guns
Madsen
A Madsen machine gun is briefly seen at the beginning of the coup.
